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Menat fragment

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Faience. H. 2.8 × W. 2.4 cm (1 1/8 × 15/16 in.). From: "Hatshepsut Hole" (depression east of temple of Thutmose III), Hathor Shrine, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1922–23. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small fragment of blue faience showing part of an engraved or molded design with black/ dark outlines and a few hieroglyph-like forms.

The object appears to be a broken, irregularly edged faience piece in a turquoise/blue glaze. The central decorated area contains dark outline shapes forming what looks like hieroglyphic/ornamental motifs; a small figure-like element and stacked/looped strokes are visible, but the full sign sequence is incomplete due to the fragmentary condition. No full cartouche or complete inscription is preserved. No figurative deity scene is fully visible; only isolated sign-like marks are present.

unclear New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; fragment style too incomplete to confirm visually) fragmentary
Materials faience (blue glazed surface)
Signs Unidentified hieroglyphic/motif elements (incomplete) ×3
Visible text "Incomplete sign/motif cluster; exact reading unclear/unknown from the visible fragment."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incomplete sign/motif cluster; exact reading unclear/unknown from the visible fragment.

Connections

Found at Deir el-Bahri

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280194 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 23.3.63 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559561 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.